Pillitteri Estates Winery
Pillitteri Estates Winery
4.5
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
Pillitteri Estates Winery proudly continues a family tradition of viticulture and winemaking excellence. For Gary Pillitteri, the opening of Pillitteri Estates Winery in June of 1993 was the culmination of a lifetime dream. Today the Pillitteri family continues his dream and tradition of quality, having received over 1000 wine awards from around the world. New to Pillitteri in 2020 is BarrelHead Restaurant. BarrelHead opens daily at Noon, serving wood fired pizza, gourmet salads and unique Icewine cocktails. Join us for winery tour and tasting experiences at one of our many tasting bars, on our patio or experience our winery education centre. Enjoy a wine tour as a guide will take you through the winemaking process, from vineyard, through press house to our one of a kind barrel cellar. Learn about the Pillitteri family's winemaking journey from a small town in Sicily to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. With 3 generations involved in the winery's operation it is a true family business.
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  • Bitsie H
    Glastonbury, Connecticut9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Top ratings all around
    Wine tasting way better than expected thanks to a passionate student who works the vineyard but was in the tasting room. Bought several bottles to share back home in CT. Probably best pizza we’ve ever had……topped off with amazing service from Pam. Don’t miss this vineyard if you are in the area!
    Visited September 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written September 10, 2023
  • Jeff B
    Lambton Shores, Canada453 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fantastic Tasting and high quality wines
    We had a wonderful tasting by Cordelia. She gave us great suggestions and explained the wines we tasted. We bought more than we had planned and are happy we did. We will be enjoying some lovely wines until our next trip here. Ask for Cordelia. She will take great care of you
    Visited September 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written September 11, 2023
  • Penny D
    10 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wonderful experience!!
    Had a really great time at this winery. I had the BEST pizza that I’ve ever had, and I’ve been to Italy!! The wines that we tried were very good and settled on the double pressed. I highly recommend visiting this winery with its great food, drink and staff.
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written October 17, 2023
  • Desmund S
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wine tour of Pillitteri Estate’s facilities, and an extensive wine tasting experience.
    Our family and friends went on a wine tour of Pillitteri Estate’s wine facilities. Staffer, Jacob lead our group, and his friendly nature, knowledge and experience enhanced our wine tour experience. I highly recommend a visit to Pillitteri, so that you too can enjoy this amazing adventure.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written January 10, 2024
  • Jessie O
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best winery in Niagara
    We had the most amazing time at Pilliteri Estates Winery. A group of us experienced the tour and tasting, and ate lunch at Barrelhead restaurant. Our guides were so friendly and knowledgeable and the food was amazing! What a great day. Definitely recommend. Best winery in Niagara.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written January 12, 2024
  • Jaciene P
    Birmingham, Alabama221 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Loved it!
    We had the best experience here! This was our first time trying icewine and we loved it. Rob helped us and he was so helpful and friendly. He went above and beyond. He even gave us tips on the best way to get to Toronto for a blue jays game and it helped us out tremendously. Gave us step by step instructions and it made our trip so much easier! We ended up getting 6 bottles! Would definitely go back and see Rob!
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written May 16, 2024
  • AmandaCrabbe
    Dublin, Ireland31 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent experience!!
    We stopped here at the end of our afternoon and took a tour with Heather and we could not have enjoyed the experience any more! She was so pleasant and knowledgeable, took her time to show us around and did not get phased with the amount of questions we asked! The tour is not too big and you really get the family vibe still, we even got to meet one of the owners who took his time to come and say hello to us.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written June 4, 2024
  • Jeff G
    Guelph, Canada237 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The highlight of our Niagara visit
    Had the opportunity to take in Pilliteri’s brand new Wine and Wagyu experience. $80 a person and you are well fed, along with generous portions of some of their best wines. The real highlight was visiting with Charles Pilliteri (CEO of the company) who happened to be on site. He was generous with his knowledge, love of wine and great food, and shared a few of his “extra special” vintages with us. Such a good experience and well worth the cost. Thank you Charlie and thank you to our host Bianca !
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written August 5, 2024
  • Liza T
    36 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Tasting & Tour
    First time visiting Pillitteri for a tasting & tour! Really enjoyed the tour. Such a unique space! Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. Their selection of ice wine was incredible. Really enjoyed the team canada white also! Great energy & vibe at this winery. Would love to come back!
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written August 20, 2024
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Eryn D
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Friends
For starters this is only about the restaurant (barrelhead) as someone who works in the industry I was repulsed! We sat near the bar trying not to take up a table for them and all we heard was the servers AND MANAGER trash talking all the guests. No one was following any covid rules masks weren’t wore, no one asked for our contact tracing either. We didn’t not have a server come to our table so we walked up to the bar ourselves to get a drink. We were ignored the whole time that we were there and even heard them talking rudely about us behind the bar as well. When we asked questions they would give us one word answers and walked away like we were annoying them. There are many other places in the area that I would recommend before going to barrel head.
Written August 14, 2021
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Thank you for your feedback. We are continually working to improve our guest experiences. I understand that you did not have an enjoyable experience and we will address this with our team. Regarding your specific comments about COVID rules. We have government mandated COVID policy which includes the use of contact tracing forms and are continuing to train staff on proper health and safety measures. We will continue to work towards ensuring a safe environment for staff and guests.
Written September 7, 2021
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JayChuck
Henderson, KY128 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
Many wineries simply offer a tasting, and that can be fine, especially if you hope to visit multiple wineries. But we were very pleased to take a guided tour at Pillitteri. We got to learn of its history of a fruit stand-turned-award winning family winery. We paused at the edge of the vineyard, observed the production room, then went down to the basement where wine ages in hundreds of barrels in a cool environment. Then, on to the tasting. We were particularly impressed with the Fusion white blend, while our friends loved the red ice wine. Our tour and tasting was led by John, a friendly and entertaining guide and host. We visited four wineries by a Niagara Vintage Wine Tour bus, and the 14 of us by far bought more wine at Pillitteri than at any other stop (possibly more than at the other three combined), which should tell you something about the wine and the experience.
Written August 31, 2022
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Karen_Pinn
Barrie, Canada1,546 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2022
Went for Icewine Festival , 6 wineries on the pass. We decided to add Pellitteri after overhearing other pass holders raving about there tasting. Nick was fantastic at explaining the icewine, the winery and even that the 87 year old owner made the sauce for the meatballs. We were so comfortable at this winery we ordered a pizza which was delicious. This was the best pairing of our 6 stops.
Written March 7, 2022
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Gausian
New York City, NY4 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
Wines were average but tour was good with some history of the family who started the business. Only issue I felt worth mentioning is kids should not have to pay for the tour, I believe they didn’t mention it on the website. The guy at the cashier was a little rude about it, when I mentioned that the website should at least mention that kids should pay for the tour! Overall the tour guide was nice and knowledgeable. We even bought some ice wines at the end of the tour. The restaurant on site was great bonus too as kids were very hungry at the end of tour!
Written August 25, 2023
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Red Reviews
Ottawa, Canada59 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2020 • Family
Imagine a dream, you wake up not only in a vineyard but in a cherry tree oasis. A good looking lad named Michael floats over with a bottle of his finest rose. You can’t choose between one of his 5 pizzas so he brings them all. Pure bliss. The music starts and you can’t help but weep a bit as the acoustic melody cascades in. Reality check, this is real. At Barrel Head you will have an out of world experience with the trifecta - wine, food, ambiance and service. Wait that four, like I said, constantly exceeding expectations.
Written September 4, 2020
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Alex McC
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2020 • Couples
After going to a few tastings during our time in Niagara-on-the-Lake, it is safe to say that Pillitteri Estates was, by far, the best of the day. What a wonderful tour, spearheaded by Hannah from Pillitteri! She was tremendously personable and so educated in the history of the family, the winery and it's production. My girlfriend and I were calling her our new good friend half way through the time there!! We loved her tour and would recommend her to all that go.
The wine was divine. A few of them were contenders for our favorites but we'll let you choose your own ;)
Not sure what kinds to get? Just ask Hannah. She'll find the perfect one for you.
Written September 19, 2020
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Chloe C
28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
We dropped in for a wine tasting and it was great! Andrew was very knowledge and extremely helpful in guiding us through a tasting and finding wines based on our preferences. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed all of the wines we tasted immensely. It was our favourite stop on our wine tour!
Written August 11, 2020
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M.Stark
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
We were brought here as part of a winery tour. The experience was great. Our guide for the experience was Jacob A and he was really great. He shared a lot of knowledge and led a very enjoyable wine tasting experience.

Additionally the winery did a very good job maintaining a clean environment with measure to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Written July 16, 2020
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Adriana Sarmiento
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Couples
Brian was an amazing tour guide! Made the experience super enjoyable with his friendly demeanour, witty jokes and breadth of knowledge about the Pillitteri brand. We had a couple other tours after this one and none of them compared at all to his. On top of that world-class experience, the quality of wine Pillitteri delivers set an unbelievably high bar! A phenomenal tour because of him. Thanks Brian!
Written August 23, 2020
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Eden K
Toronto, Canada1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Couples
Conner is the best host. He really made us fall in love with all the different ice wines to the point where we bought a couple of bottles. He kept us smiling and enjoying our time !!! We will come back all the time just to see Conner. Thank you Conner! He is so passionate about what he does.
Written August 29, 2020
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